Recognizing Gender Parity in Military Medicine: An Analysis of Plenary Speakers and Award Recipients at Military American College of Physicians Chapter Meetings

ABSTRACT Introduction Despite the advances toward gender parity in medicine, a gap exists in the recognition of women physicians at academic and subspecialty medical conferences as plenary speakers and award winners. Conferences are cornerstones in the practice of medicine because they serve as plat...

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Published in:Military medicine 2023-07, Vol.188 (7-8), p.e1496-e1500
Main Authors: Conte, Lisa M, Hartzell, Joshua D, Mount, Cristin A, Carroll, Matthew B, Tschanz, Mark, Stadler, Dora J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awards & honors
Diversity training
Gender
Meetings
Military medicine
Parity
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Summary:ABSTRACT Introduction Despite the advances toward gender parity in medicine, a gap exists in the recognition of women physicians at academic and subspecialty medical conferences as plenary speakers and award winners. Conferences are cornerstones in the practice of medicine because they serve as platforms to showcase physicians’ successes and disseminate work. The selection of who is honored at such events can impact an individual’s career by creating networks that may lead to future opportunities. Additionally, the trend of who is honored may create expectations in the minds of trainees and early career physicians about what qualities help an individual achieve success. Our group sought to determine whether there was a gender gap in award recognition and speakership opportunities at the American College of Physicians (ACP) annual military chapter meetings. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with data extracted from publicly available conference programs for the Army-Air Force annual ACP meetings and the Navy annual ACP meetings. Five years of data erewere reviewed for invited plenary speakers. Ten years of data were reviewed for award recipients. For an award to be included, it had to have a preset description and criteria for recipient selection. Awards not given annually or awards given for less than 3 years were excluded. Individuals’ gender was determined based on the first name and confirmed through internet searches of pronoun descriptors from professional websites. Comparisons were done using Fisher’s exact test and chi-square tests when appropriate, with statistical significance set at a two-tailed P-value of
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/usab560